#74BCDC#74BCDC

#74BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.086 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BCDC
RGB	rgb(116, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -14.05, -23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 26.98, 238.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.057 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.086 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0993, 44.8438, 74.3443)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BCDC #DC9474

analogous

#74DCC8 #74BCDC #7488DC

triadic

#74BCDC #DC74BC #BCDC74

tetradic

#74BCDC #C874DC #DC9474 #88DC74

square

#74BCDC #C874DC #DC9474 #88DC74

split-complementary

#74BCDC #DC7488 #DCC874

monochromatic

#2B83AB #43A4D0 #74BCDC #A5D4E8 #D6EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#74BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#74BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BCDC

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BCDC	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.086 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0e7',
    500: '#74bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bcdc;
$custom-light: #a2d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75972,
    "c": 0.0855,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BCDC

secondary

#E7CFC5

accent

#521EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BCDC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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